CN2579483Y - Turning controller for remote control toy car - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a turning controller for a remote control toy car, which mainly comprises a car chassis 1, front car wheels 2, a steering mechanism 4, a power mechanism 3, a shock absorption mechanism 5, a center returning mechanism and a tooth box body. Because the utility model adopts a turning controller structure with a shock absorption mechanism composed of the organic combination of a connecting rod, a shifting rod, a torsional spring, a turning shaft and a shock absorption catapult. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, reliable motion, large turning regulating angle range, high accuracy, strong realism, effective enhancement of interesting and service life extension.
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One, technical field
The utility model belongs to toy, relates to the steering control device of a kind of toy car, particularly a kind of remote-controlled toy vehicle.
Two, background technology
Existing remote-controlled toy vehicle transfer is varied.Have adopt by motor mechanically operated, one side the lever that the toy car transfer of this structure is a motor has protruding teeth by gear and again drivening rod drive the swing of two front vehicle wheels, thereby realize turning to of toy car.It exists loosely organized, very flexible, bulky problem, is not suitable for turning to of small-sized emulation ratio toy telecar.Particularly this toy car does not have the motor overload defencive function and each parts very easily weares and teares, and causes driving performance to become bad.When running into barrier or people in the toy car turning process when catching problem such as wheel, can make troubles to use because ambassador's motor is crossed in the load of motor damages because of electric current is excessive, influence that it is interesting and cause waste.Also there is the energising of the solenoid of employing to produce magnetic and realizes turning to of wheel, it mainly is to produce magnetic and be enclosed within attracting each other and repelling between the permanent magnetosphere on being fixed at the bottom of the car outside the iron core by the coil electricity on circular iron core to drive wheel steering, but the reliable in action of the device of this structure is poor, require extremely tight to the magnetic line of force angle of returning middle catapult and magnetosphere in the device in returning, the magnetic line of force angle of magnetosphere has deviation slightly, during then wheel can not return, toy car can not be taken the air line.Bring difficulty for accurately handling remote-controlled toy vehicle, and cost is higher, the magnetic force sizableness is limited, is difficult to the reliability of safety action.
Three, summary of the invention
The purpose of this utility model provides a kind of simple in structure, reliable in action, interesting height, strong sense of reality, has the remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device that returns middle function automatically.
On this basis, further purpose of the present utility model provides in a kind of time accurately, reliability is high, the simple remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of assembling.
On this basis, further purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device with motor overload defencive function.
On this basis, further purpose of the present utility model provides a kind of remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device with front-wheel vibration absorber.
The utility model mainly comprises chassis, front vehicle wheel, tooth casing, actuating unit, damper mechanism, goes back to middle mechanism, it is characterized in that steering mechanism comprises the driving lever that is connected with actuating unit, the connecting rod that drives left and right front vehicle wheel.Wherein connecting rod is provided with jack, and driving lever is inserted in the jack on the connecting rod.Described damper mechanism comprises steering spindle, vibration damping catapult, turning in the axis hole on the steering spindle lower end is plugged at the bottom of the car.Mechanism comprises hexagonal axis, adjuster, torsion spring, returns middle gear, fixed leg in described time, wherein the fixed leg center is that hexagon ring is tightly packed on the hexagonal axis, the torsion spring stiff end is packed on the fixed leg, going back to the middle gear center is hexagon ring, be fastened on the hexagonal axis, going back to the middle gear edge has projection, and torsion spring two shell foots are installed on back on the projection of middle gear, the extension of shell foot is connected with adjuster, and is connected with connecting rod by the driving lever that tightly is enclosed within on the hexagonal axis.
For make the utility model return in accurately, reliability is high, the two shell foots middle part holding of above-mentioned torsion spring with the eccentric cylinder of above-mentioned time middle gear projection with the adjuster of width on, above-mentioned adjuster is arranged on adjustable-angle ground device at the bottom of the tooth case.This adjuster is provided with semi-circular location-plate, be provided with at the bottom of the above-mentioned tooth case accordingly can ccontaining adjuster the installation shrinkage pool, adjuster is embedded in the location shrinkage pool at the bottom of the tooth case.
For the utility model can be travelled on more coarse road surface steadily, reduce the wearing and tearing between each parts, the vibration damping catapult is equipped with in above-mentioned steering spindle upper end, steering spindle bottom axle is inserted in turning in the axis hole at the bottom of the car, semiaxis is inserted in turning in the axis hole of tooth case lid on the steering spindle, the centre is with the vibration damping catapult, and the vibration damping catapult has the stroke of certain retractable between above-mentioned tooth case lid and chassis.At the bottom of above-mentioned actuating unit comprises motor and output gear thereof, hexagonal axis, train of reduction gears, tooth case, the tooth case lid.Connect into a reduction gearing mechanism between train of reduction gears and the output gear with being meshing with each other, hexagonal axis is fastened in the hexagon ring that goes back to the middle gear center of train of reduction gears, above-mentioned driving lever is nested with on hexagonal axis tightly by the hexagon ring at its center, and motor, output gear, train of reduction gears device are in the cavity of casing.Be the damage of effectively avoiding motor when load is excessive, to cause, can carry out reliable protection, be provided with arrangement of clutch between above-mentioned electric machine main shaft and the output gear motor because of electric current is excessive.This arrangement of clutch comprises the motor runner that is installed on the electric machine main shaft, is fixed on some clutch blocks on the motor runner, and output gear is nested with on clutch block.
The utility model is owing to adopt connecting rod and the structure of driving lever and torsion spring combination composition steering control device, can be easily rotation by the driving lever that is connected with actuating unit swinging of drivening rod, and the swing of realization wheel, thereby realize the go to action of toy car, and the effect by torsion spring make connecting rod under the situation that power stops, returning automatically in to original position, thereby realize in the returning of toy car and keep the craspedodrome state of toy car, it is simple in structure, reliable in action, turn to that adjustable range is big, accuracy rate is high, effectively strengthens its interest and the sense of reality.The projection and the terminal adjuster that is provided with of torsion spring two shell foots that are arranged between torsion spring two shell foots simultaneously on the tooth sector can guarantee effectively that the utility model is accurate in returning, the precision height, the reliability height can fully guarantee the craspedodrome state of toy car can not produce the situation of skew.Simultaneously owing to adopt the actuating unit structure of band arrangement of clutch, when break-in is obstructed or turn in place, can skidding by arrangement of clutch, guarantee that fully motor and each gear are not damaged, thereby guarantee the function of whole actuating unit, owing to adopted advanced front-wheel damper mechanism, when car load travels on more coarse road surface, can pass through the flexible of vibration damping catapult, reduce the shake of car and the hard collision of each parts, it is more steady that car load is travelled, more true to nature, effectively prolong the service life of whole toy car, practical, can be widely used in the radio-control toy car of various emulation ratios.
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Fig. 1 is a structural representation of the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is of the present utility model turning to and the damper mechanism schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is of the present utility model turning to and damper mechanism assembling schematic diagram;
Fig. 4 is a structural scheme of mechanism during the utility model actuating unit reaches back;
Fig. 5 is mechanism's assembling schematic diagram during the utility model actuating unit reaches back.
Five, the specific embodiment
Describe basic structure of the present utility model and operation principle in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing:
As Fig. 1-shown in Figure 5, the utility model comprises chassis 1, front vehicle wheel 2, actuating unit 3, steering mechanism 4, damper mechanism 5, return in mechanism 6.It is characterized in that steering mechanism 4 comprises the driving lever 41 that is connected with actuating unit 3, drive the connecting rod 42 of left and right sides front vehicle wheel 2, wherein there is not jack 421 on the connecting rod 42, driving lever 41 is provided with reversed column 411, reversed column 411 is inserted in the jack 421 of connecting rod 42, described damper mechanism 5 comprises steering spindle 51, vibration damping catapult 52, and semiaxis 511 is plugged at the bottom of the car turning in the axis hole 11 on 1 under the steering spindle; Vibration damping catapult 52 is nested with movably on semiaxis 512 external diameters on the steering spindle 51, and the steering spindle upper shaft is rotating to be nested with turning in the axis hole 361 at tooth case lid 36; Mechanism 6 comprises hexagonal axis 61, adjuster 62, torsion spring 63, fixed leg 65 in described time, return middle gear 64, wherein fixed leg 65 is fastened on hexagonal axis 61 bottoms, torsion spring 63 stiff ends are packed on the fixed leg 65, return middle gear 64 center hexagon rings and fixed leg 65 coaxial being fastened on the hexagonal axis 61, go back to middle gear 64 edges and be provided with projection 641,63 liang of shell foot holdings of torsion spring on the projection 641 that returns middle gear 64, the holding of shell foot extension with the adjuster 62 of projection 641 with width on.Driving lever 41 tightly is enclosed within the upper end of hexagonal axis 61 by its eccentric hexagon ring.
For make the utility model return in accurately, the reliability height, the two shell foots middle part holding of above-mentioned torsion spring 63 is on the projection 641 that goes back to middle gear 64 edges.Be positioned at go back to position, middle gear projection 641 dead ahead on 35 at the bottom of the above-mentioned tooth case and be provided with adjuster 62, two shell foot end holdings of torsion spring 63 with the eccentric cylinder of above-mentioned time middle gear projection 641 with the adjuster of width on.Above-mentioned adjuster 62 is arranged on adjustable-angle ground device at the bottom of the tooth case on 35.Establish semi-ring location-plate 621 on this adjuster 62, at the bottom of the above-mentioned tooth case 35 be provided with answer can ccontaining adjuster 62 installation shrinkage pool 351, adjuster is embedded at the bottom of the tooth case in 35 the location shrinkage pool 351.
For the utility model can be travelled on more coarse road surface steadily, reduce the wearing and tearing of each parts, be set with vibration damping catapult 52 on above-mentioned steering spindle 51 upper shafts 512, steering spindle bottom axle 511 is inserted in turning in the axis hole 11 at the bottom of the car, semiaxis 512 is inserted in turning in the axis hole 361 of tooth case lid 36 on the steering spindle, the centre is with vibration damping catapult 52, and steering spindle 51 has certain stroke that is free to slide between above-mentioned tooth case lid 36 and chassis 1.
Above-mentioned actuating unit 3 comprises motor 31 and output gear 32 thereof, hexagonal axis 61, reduction gearing 37,38, return at the bottom of middle gear 64, the tooth case 35, tooth case lid 36, reduction gearing 37,38, returns between middle gear 64 and the output gear 32 and connects into a reduction gearing mechanism with being meshing with each other.Hexagonal axis 61 is plugged in the hexagon ring at return gear 64 centers of train of reduction gears tightly.Above-mentioned driving lever 41 is nested with on hexagonal axis 61 tightly by the hexagon ring at its center; output gear 32; the train of reduction gears device is by casing 35; in the 36 formed cavitys; be the damage of effectively avoiding motor when load is excessive, to cause because of electric current is excessive; can carry out reliable protection to motor 31; be provided with arrangement of clutch between above-mentioned electric machine main shaft and the output gear 32; this arrangement of clutch comprises the motor runner 34 that is installed on motor 31 main shafts; be installed in the some clutch blocks 33 on the motor runner 34; output gear is enclosed within on the clutch block 33; for being arranged without any confusion, the actuating unit each several part is organized in the casing; at the bottom of the above-mentioned case 35; the installation column that is provided with circular hole in some having in the case lid 36 is respectively in order to install hexagonal axis 61, optical axis 39 etc.Case lid 36 by some screw holes disposed thereon with pass wherein screw rod be arranged at the bottom of the case being locked on case base 35 of corresponding screw column on 35, case base 35 pack at the bottom of the car on 1 accordingly can the cavity of ccontaining its installation in.And the locking by some screws of being provided with is packed at the bottom of the car on 1.
Basic functional principle of the present utility model is: when starting under the control action of motor at remote-control receiving circuit, motor drives the rotation of clutch block one superhigh speed by the motor runner, clutch block rubs under centrifugal action, drive output gear and overcome the active force of torsion spring by train of reduction gears, driving hexagonal axis slowly rotates, the swing drivening rod of the driving lever by being installed in hexagonal axis upper end swings, left and right sides steering spindle is rotated around the axle center, thereby realize the go to action of toy car, when shutting down under the control action of motor at remote-control receiving circuit, return middle gear under the effect of torsion spring, get back to original position and the interlock by hexagonal axis makes wheel get back to the craspedodrome state.When turning in the process of moving, toy car is obstructed or when turning in place simultaneously; reduction gearing stops operating, and this moment, clutch slider and motor output gear skidded, thereby makes motor form idle running; guarantee that motor and train of reduction gears are not destroyed, and then reach the effect of the whole actuating unit of protection.When toy car travelled on more coarse road surface, the bigger impulsive force that acts on the wheel was delivered to the vibration damping catapult, and the flexible impulsive force that makes by the vibration damping catapult weakens, and made car load travel more steady and had avoided hard collision between each parts effectively.Thereby it is more steady to guarantee that whole car travels, and increases the service life.
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1. a remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device mainly comprises chassis (1), front vehicle wheel (2), actuating unit (3), steering mechanism (4), damper mechanism (5), goes back to middle mechanism (6).It is characterized in that steering mechanism (4) comprises the driving lever (41) that is connected with actuating unit (3), drive the connecting rod (42) of left and right sides front vehicle wheel (2), wherein connecting rod (42) is provided with jack, driving lever (41) is inserted in the jack of connecting rod (42), and described damper mechanism (5) comprises that semiaxis (511) under steering spindle (51), vibration damping catapult (52), the steering spindle is plugged on turning in the axis hole (11) on (1) at the bottom of the car rotationally; Vibration damping catapult (52) is nested with movably on last semiaxis (512) external diameter of steering spindle (51), steering spindle upper shaft (512) is nested with turning in the axis hole (361) at tooth case lid (36) rotationally, mechanism in described time (6) comprises hexagonal axis (61), adjuster (62), torsion spring (63), fixed leg (65), returns middle gear (64), wherein fixed leg (65) is arranged on the hexagonal axis (61), torsion spring 63 stiff ends are packed on the fixed leg (65), and its two shell foot is connected with time middle gear (64).
2. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 1, the two shell foot holdings that it is characterized in that above-mentioned torsion spring (63) are on the projection (641) at the edge that returns middle gear (64).
3. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 2, it is characterized in that above-mentioned projection (641) dead ahead is provided with and the projection at above-mentioned time middle gear (64) the edge adjuster biasing post with width, the terminal holding of above-mentioned torsion spring (63) two shell foots is on the biasing post of this adjuster (62).
4. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control devices, it is characterized in that above-mentioned adjuster (62) adjustable-angle ground device is on (35) at the bottom of the tooth case, this adjuster (62) comprises rotating disk (622) and is convexly equipped with semi-circular location-plate (621) outside rotating disk (622), (35) be provided with accordingly can the ccontaining group of installation shrinkage pool to dish at the bottom of the above-mentioned tooth case, dials in the location shrinkage pool of at the bottom of dish is embedded in the tooth case (35).
5. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 4, it is characterized in that above-mentioned group of semi-circular location-plate (621) outer rim to dish convexes with a positioning tooth, the installation shrinkage pool back segment periphery of (35) is provided with some location shrinkage pools that are meshed with this positioning tooth at the bottom of the above-mentioned tooth case.
6. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 1, it is characterized in that being provided with steering spindle (53) between above-mentioned connecting rod (42) and the left and right sides front vehicle wheel (2), the front end difference axle sleeve of this steering spindle (53) is in the hole, the left and right sides of connecting rod (42), its axle center, bottom axle sleeve is on chassis (1), and its rear end is connected with left and right sides front vehicle wheel (2) by the steel axle.
7. according to the steering control device of claim 1 or 3 described remote-controlled toy vehicles, it is characterized in that above-mentioned damper mechanism (5) comprises steering spindle (51), vibration damping catapult (52), vibration damping catapult (52) axle sleeve is on the upper shaft mandrel of steering spindle (51).The upper end of steering spindle upper shaft axle is plugged on turning in the axis hole of tooth case lid (36).
8. according to the steering control device of claim 1 or 6 or 7 described remote-controlled toy vehicles, the axle bottom, axle center that it is characterized in that above-mentioned steering spindle (52) is plugged in the steering spindle jack (11) on the chassis (1), upper shaft is plugged in the steering spindle jack of tooth case lid (36), and steering spindle (51) between tooth case lid (36) and chassis (1), have one up and down can free movable stroke.
9. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 1, it is characterized in that above-mentioned actuating unit (3) comprises motor (31) and output gear (32) thereof, hexagonal axis (61), reduction gearing (37), (38), at the bottom of the tooth case (35), return gear (64), tooth case lid (36), train of reduction gears (37), (38) and connect into a reduction gearing mechanism between the output gear (32) with being meshing with each other, above-mentioned return gear (64) is fastened on hexagonal axis (61) lower end, reduction gearing (37) but coaxial rotation be installed on the hexagonal axis (61), above-mentioned hexagonal axis (61) upper end passes from the hexagonal axis hole of tooth case (36), above-mentioned driving lever (41) is fastened on the exposed parts of hexagonal axis (61) prejudicially, motor (31), output gear (32) device is on tooth case lid (36), reduction gearing (37), (38), the return gear is installed in by in the cavity that (35) are formed at the bottom of tooth case lid (36) and the tooth case.
10. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 9, it is characterized in that being provided with arrangement of clutch between above-mentioned motor (31) main shaft and the output gear (32), this arrangement of clutch comprises the motor runner (34) that is installed on motor (31) main shaft, be fixed on the some clutch blocks (33) on the motor runner (34), output gear (32) is nested with on clutch block (33).
11. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 9, it is characterized in that the engagement of above-mentioned train of reduction gears input and output gear (32), its output links to each other with driving lever (41) by hexagonal axis (61).
12. according to the described remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device of claim 9, it is characterized in that the above-mentioned casing of forming by (35) at the bottom of tooth case lid (36) and the tooth case, comprise with some indent cavitys and at the bottom of the cavity body tooth case of column is installed (35) and lid put case lid (36) on (35) at the bottom of this tooth case, its dens in dente case bottom (35) inner chamber convexes with some tapped installation columns, tooth case lid (36) is provided with corresponding stairstepping installing hole, the screw rod of tooth case lid (36) by passing its installing hole with being locked on tooth case bottom (35) of column is installed.
13. according to claim 1 or 6 or 7 or 8 described, the remote-controlled toy vehicle steering control device, it is characterized in that above-mentioned chassis (1) be provided with can ccontaining tooth case bottom cavity, above-mentioned tooth case bottom (35) device has some tapped screw holes in cavity and at the bottom of the above-mentioned car, above-mentioned tooth box cover (36) is provided with the trapezoidal installing hole of corresponding Jie, and tooth casing (41) is by the screw rod of its installing hole and being locked on chassis (1) of screw hole.
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